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Two trial races were ridden and the sad cow horse was outrun with apparent ease.
DOWN THE MOTHER LODEVIVIA HEMPHILL
"The fellow thinks he can outrun me on a long pull, as he happened to do so for a short distance once on a time," he thought.
FRANK MERRIWELL'S RACESBURT L. STANDISH
That was all I could get out of him, without allowing natural curiosity to outrun discretion.
THE MOUNTEBANKWILLIAM J. LOCKE
But a Grizzly in a rage can outrun any man in a long race, and the angry she-bear rapidly overhauled her foes.
BEARS I HAVE MET--AND OTHERSALLEN KELLY
She believed she could outrun him, now that they were in the trail.
THE LOOKOUT MANB. M. BOWER
I might have sent for a hundred persons yesterday who would have outrun my messenger.
PHASES OF AN INFERIOR PLANETELLEN GLASGOW
Whoever tries this race must also agree that if I outrun him, he must lose his life.
OLD GREEK STORIESJAMES BALDWIN
But when Raoul arrived at the mansion he saw at a glance that the news had outrun him.
THE GRANDISSIMESGEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE
The detective was too wise to let his zeal for the wealthy Englishman outrun discretion.
GREAT POSSESSIONSMRS. WILFRID WARD
As we had rackets on, and the snow was deep, we could outrun the deer, and we killed the whole herd—twelve in all.
BEN COMEEM. J. (MICHAEL JOSEPH) CANAVAN
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